Almond and Orange Cake

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Almond and Orange Cake

Almond and Orange Cake

15 minutes preparation
40 minutes cooking
medium difficulty
14 serves

Ingredients

Cake

125g margarine
grated rind of 1 orange
½ cup caster sugar
2 eggs
125g almond meal
2 tablespoons poppy seeds
1 cup gluten-free flour
½ cup Sanitarium So Good soymilk

Orange Syrup

1 cup orange juice
½ cup sugar

Method

Place margarine, rind and sugar in a bowl and mix until light and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined.
Stir through almond meal and poppy seeds. Stir in ½ the flour with ¼ cup of So Good, then the remaining flour and So Good.
Spread mixture into a greased and lined 20cm round tin. Bake in a moderate oven, 180°C, for 40 minutes.
Combine syrup ingredients in a saucepan. Stir over low-heat until sugar is dissolved, then increase heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove cake from oven; insert a few holes in the cake with skewer. Pour hot syrup over hot cake. Cool cake in tin.

Tips

Lemon or limes make a good substitute, if you don't have oranges.
If you don't have caster sugar, place sugar in a kitchen whizz and pulse until the sugar granules become finer.
Serve with some yoghurt or créme fraiche.

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